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Christmas Short Story: The Road Not Travelled

A new short story by William Boyd, illustrated by Castro

14 December 2013

9:00 AM

14 December 2013

9:00 AM

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Meredith Swann is driving in her new car under the M40 flyover checking on her GPS system to see if she’s following the flowing arrows correctly. She has switched off the woman’s voice — ‘Turn left in 200 yards’ — because it reminds her uncannily of her mother, all calm, quiet advice with a subtext of disapproval.

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